Kansas has been voted by the league’s head coaches as the preseason favorite to win the 2021-22 Big 12 men’s basketball regular season championship.
The Jayhawks’ nine-year streak of preseason first-place finishes ended last year when Baylor was the choice. The Bears went on to win the Big 12 and NCAA titles.
In 26 seasons, KU has been picked
outright or tied for first in 19 preseason ledgers and won or shared the
conference championship in 19 years. A coaches’ preseason poll was not
conducted in the Big 12’s first season of 1996-97.
The Jayhawks collected eight first-place votes and finished with a total
of 80 points.
Texas received the other two first-place votes and finished second with 70 points.
Baylor was in third with 67 points . Texas Tech placed fourth with 51 points. Oklahoma State and West Virginia tied for fifth with 49 points each.
No. 7 Oklahoma (29), No. 8 TCU (24), No. 9 K-State (22) and No. 10 Iowa State (9) rounded out the poll.
The 2021-22 regular season is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, November 9, with Big 12 play opening on New Year’s Day.
No comments:
Post a Comment